Letter: Republicans are not fiscally responsible

I read the other day that most people think Republicans are best at fiscal responsibility.

Then I think back to when Republican President Ronald Reagan tripled the deficit, setting a new and massive record fiscal deficit, and grew government. He was followed by Papa George Bush who broke Reagan's fiscal record deficit. Then, I saw a Democratic President Bill Clinton, who gave us four years of fiscal surpluses, followed by George W. Bush and his Republican Party, who together were far worse than a drunk in Las Vegas with a suitcase full of cash — fiscally, economically and militarily. Today, it looks as if President Obama is stuck with cleaning up another one of their messes in the Middle East/Iraq.

Let us not forget Republican Tim Pawlenty in Minnesota who also left with us with a mountain of deficits.

I try to understand how can anyone think the Republican Party is fiscally responsible.

The worst is when the Republicans talk about Obama's deficit, ignoring that we're still paying for their mess, as those bills are still coming due.

I'm not sure I understand why they think that this is now Obama's debt? Obama inherited an economy in total chaos, almost a depression, a lack of revenue from Republican tax cuts, and a ton of debt on our credit card from their wars — one a preemptive war, but both costing about $4 trillion to $6 trillion.

Obama has reduced the last Bush annual fiscal deficit of $1.4 trillion in half. That's a big and difficult move when dealing with today's obstructionist Republican Party.

Today, the Republican propaganda machine is now blaming Obama for these mountains of debt they left behind. One would think that a person of character would accept responsibility for their role and help to fix it, but that's obviously not how the Republican Party works today.

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